Laws310 Week 7 – Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit
Assignment
This is a lawsuit brought by a group of landowners who live near a dairy farm. The issue is whether the aromatic nature of the farm’s creation and processing of manure is a public nuisance. Please review the simulation. Using knowledge gained from the interactive and the course material, write a paper evaluating whether or not you agree or disagree with the judge’s ruling and why. Submit your answer to the Dropbox under Week 7: Simulation.
The components of your analysis must include the following.
Factual Summary: Provide a succinct and accurate description of the scenario at hand. Summarize the scenario to include all relevant facts.
Issue: Restate or summarize the question. What is the legal question you are going to answer?
Legal Concept(s): Identify and discuss one or more legal concepts from the course material when exploring the problem at hand. Define the legal concept(s) and explain how the concept(s) relate(s) to the given scenario.
Analysis/Conclusion: Analyze the factual scenario in relation to the legal concept in order to reach a well-reasoned conclusion. Be sure to apply the legal concept correctly toward solving the legal issue.
Paper should be double spaced in 12-point font and approximately 500-750 words. At least twosources must be correctly cited using APA citations, including both in-text parenthetical citations and an end-of-text list of references
Laws 310 Week 7
Laws 310 Week 7 – Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit
In this exercise, you will be observing a court hearing of a private nuisance suit. The background information below is provided to familiarize you with some of the major legal issues presented. After you read the information below and observe the simulation, you should complete the assignment. You will answer the question posed and post your answer to the Dropbox under Week 7: Simulation.
Background Information
Long before there was environmental legislation, there were courts grappling with the problems of pollution. Before there was an Environmental Protection Agency, those who allowed something noxious to escape their control and invade the property of others could be held accountable for their actions through private litigation. The doctrines of nuisance and trespass revolve around the interference with a property owner’s (or the publicÂ’s) right and ability to enjoy his or her (or public) land.
As Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland said in a case in 1926, “Nuisance may be merely a right thing in a wrong place like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.”Nuisance actions may be private or public. A private nuisance is a substantial and unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of an interest in property. A public nuisance is an act that causes inconvenience or damage to public health or order or that obstructs public rights. If a harmful substance is allowed, intentionally or carelessly, to invade the property of another, whether by land, air, or water, there may be a trespass. If so, the defendant is held responsible for damages.
Even though there is a vast body of federal law in effect today, common law actions can still be brought. A court or local pollution control board will generally consider the following facts in a nuisance case: (1) character and degree of injury, (2) social or economic value of the source, (3) suitability or unsuitability of the source (including the question of priority of location), (4) technical practicability and economic reasonableness of control, and (5) subsequent compliance (if any).
Various enforcement mechanisms exist. Civil and criminal penalties for both the firm and its managers are possible, although usually the initial step is a warning and the development of a compliance schedule. In severe cases, entire operations may be shut down.
Assignment
This is a lawsuit brought by a group of landowners who live near a dairy farm. The issue is whether the aromatic nature of the farm’s creation and processing of manure is a public nuisance. Please review the simulation. Using knowledge gained from the interactive and the course material, write a paper evaluating whether or not you agree or disagree with the judge’s ruling and why. Submit your answer to the Dropbox under Week 7: Simulation.
The components of your analysis must include the following.
Factual Summary: Provide a succinct and accurate description of the scenario at hand. Summarize the scenario to include all relevant facts.
Issue: Restate or summarize the question. What is the legal question you are going to answer?
Legal Concept(s): Identify and discuss one or more legal concepts from the course material when exploring the problem at hand. Define the legal concept(s) and explain how the concept(s) relate(s) to the given scenario.
Analysis/Conclusion: Analyze the factual scenario in relation to the legal concept in order to reach a well-reasoned conclusion. Be sure to apply the legal concept correctly toward solving the legal issue.
Paper should be double spaced in 12-point font and approximately 500-750 words. At least twosources must be correctly cited using APA citations, including both in-text parenthetical citations and an end-of-text list of references
Laws 310 Week 7
Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit
Laws310 Week 7 Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit
Laws/310 Week 7 Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit
Laws 310 Week 7 Simulation Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit